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Archaeologists unearthed 160 sarcophagi in an Egyptian necropolis of Saqqara. Some of the tombs were inscribed with mummy curses | CAIRO - Thousands of years ago, ancient Egyptians were laid to rest in Saqqara, an ancient city of the dead. The mummies stayed buried in these sarcophagi for 2,500 years — till their latest discovery by Egyptian archaeologists.
In the final two months, researchers have found a trove of coffins buried deep inside shafts under the Saqqara sand.
Saqqara, a city abo...Thousands of protesting farmers and police face-off at New Delhi border | NEW DELHI - India deployed hundreds of police and paramilitary forces at a New Delhi border on Saturday as thousands of farmers from neighbouring states blocked major roads into the capital, in protest against recent agricultural deregulation.
A day after clashes ended with an agreement that the farmers could demonstrate in the capital, tensions rose again in the protests over laws that farmers fear could rob them of mini...North Korea bans entry into Pyongyang to prevent coronavirus spread | BEIJING/SEOUL − North Korea has prohibited the entry into the capital Pyongyang as part of measures to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus while locking down cities, including one along the border with China, South Korean lawmakers said Friday.
The moves were apparently prompted following instructions by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who has stepped up efforts to keep the virus out of the country.
North Korea has ...Maradona mourners clash with police | Chaos erupted in Buenos Aires as fans gathered to pay respects to Argentine soccer star, Diego Maradona.Watch - Australian soldiers face dismissal after Afghan report | Australia has told 13 special forces soldiers they face dismissal in relation to a report on alleged unlawful killings in Afghanistan, the head of the country's army said on Friday (November 27).Beijing Takes Its South China Sea Strategy to the Himalayas | China built a village in territory also claimed by the kingdom of Bhutan, echoing its aggressive tactics at the border with India and in places much farther away.
Just in time for its National Day in October, China completed construction of a new village high in the mountains where the Chinese region of Tibet meets the kingdom of Bhutan. A hundred people moved into two dozen new homes beside the Torsa River and celebrated the holiday...#Australia says 13 soldiers told they face dismissal after Afghan report | SYDNEY - Australia has told 13 special forces soldiers they face dismissal in relation to a report on alleged #unlawful killings in #Afghanistan, the head of the country's army said on Friday.
An independent report published last week in redacted form said there was evidence that 39 unarmed Afghan prisoners and civilians were killed by 19 Australian soldiers.
None of the 19 soldiers were identified in the report, which ...Weekend scorcher: #Australia braces for first major heat wave of fire season | SYDNEY - Australia is bracing for the first major heat wave of the bush fire season this weekend with temperatures forecast to hit well above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit), prompting authorities to urge people to stay indoors.
Last summer's bush fires, which Prime Minister Scott Morrison called Australia's "black summer", killed 33 people and billions of native animals.
The country's weather bureau att...Police break up farmers' march on Delhi over market reforms | MUMBAI - Indian police on Thursday used water cannons and tear gas shells to disperse thousands of farmers marching towards New Delhi in a protest against legislation they fear would end price support for their produce, officials said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has defended the bills enacted in September as a way to rid the vast agriculture sector of antiquated procurement procedures and to allow farmers to sell to in...Hundreds sentenced to life in prison in Turkey's attempted coup trial | Hundreds of people were sentenced to life in prison in Turkey on Thursday in a trial linked to a 2016 coup attempt.
A total of 475 defendants were tried in the high-profile case that focused on the events in the Akinci Air Base in Ankara, which the prosecutor argued was the main command center for the coup plot.
Most of the defendants received at least one life sentence. Nineteen were sentenced to 79 counts of life in pris...#Watch - Doctors in China jailed for harvesting organs from Car Crash Victims and Patients with Severe Brain Damage. | Six people including several doctors have been imprisoned in southeast China for illegally harvesting organs from traffic accident victims. Local media reports the group removed the livers and kidneys from 11 people at a hospital in Anhui province between 2017 and 2018.
The trafficking ring deceived the families of the deceased into believing they had made official organ donat...Huntington Beach, California | People silhouetted against the sunset
#photooftheday #photo #California #USWatch - Opposition politicians in Taiwan have thrown pig guts and exchanged punches with other lawmakers in Parliament over a bitter dispute over easing US pork imports. [Skynews]CDC warns U.S. COVID-19 death toll could hit 321,000 by mid-December | The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is predicting the U.S. death toll from the coronavirus could hit 321,000 by mid-December. By then, hospitals could be overflowing with patients in many parts of the country — and some are already preparing.
A COVID-19 triage area has been set up in the lobby of Chicago's Rush University Medical Center to make room for an expected post-Thanksgiving surge. After Halloween, the hos...Trump says he’ll leave if Electoral College seats Biden | WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will leave the White House if the Electoral College formalizes President-Elect Joe Biden’s victory — even as he insisted such a decision would be a “mistake” — as he spent his Thanksgiving renewing baseless claims that “massive fraud” and crooked officials in battleground states caused his election defeat.
“Certainly I will. But you know that,” Trump said Thursday when asked wheth...#Watch | How will COVID-19 vaccines be rolled out? | Pfizer Inc with partner BioNTech SE and Moderna Inc have released trial data showing their COVID-19 vaccines to be about 95% effective at preventing the illness, while AstraZeneca Plc this week said its vaccine could be up to 90% effective. After their approval, the massive U.S. rollout begins.
#Explainer When and how will COVID-19 vaccines become available? NEW YORK - Pfizer Inc with partner BioNTech SE and Moderna Inc have released trial da...#Watch - The Latest US News headlines today.
Appeals court rejects Trump challenge of Pennsylvania race. PHILADELPHIA — President Donald Trump’s legal team suffered yet another defeat in court Friday as a federal appeals court in Philadelphia roundly rejected the campaign’s latest effort to challenge the state’s election results.
Trump’s lawyers vowed to appeal to the Supreme Court despite the judges’ assessment that the “campaign’s claims have no merit.”
“Free, fair elections are the lif...Watch - ⚽ World Mourns Death of Argentine Football Icon. From Brazil to Italy, the death of Argentine soccer star Diego Maradona after a cardiac arrest has triggered an outpouring of grief. Maradona, who struggled for decades with drug abuse and weight issues, is considered among the best players of all time. #Watch reactions of politicians on farmers' protest.
Politicial leaders from various spectrum reacted to the ongoing farmers' protest that has been fanning outrage in the national capital and neighbouring states. National coordinator of Kisan Congress Rakesh Kumar Singh on Friday accused BJP-ruled states of using repressive measures against farmers and warned that attempts to quell their protests will only further intensify them.
Referring to Thursday's incident in Haryana where farmers mar...Russia's Sputnik V developers call on AstraZeneca to try 'combining vaccines' | MOSCOW - Developers of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine said on Thursday that AstraZeneca should try combining its experimental shot with the Russian one to boost efficacy.
Russia said its Sputnik V vaccine is 92% effective at protecting people from COVID-19, according to interim trial results, while AstraZeneca said its COVID-19 vaccine was 70% effective in pivotal trials and could be up to 90% effective.
"If they g...#Factbox-Latest on worldwide spread of the coronavirus and map | Some European nations eased COVID-19 curbs ahead of the holiday season, while the rate of U.S. hospitalizations hit the highest since the pandemic began just as festive gatherings are expected to propel the next wave of infections.
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- Belgium will let shops reopen from Tuesday, but keep other curbs over the festive ...Killing of suspected Iranian nuclear mastermind risks confrontation as Trump exits | DUBAI - An Iranian scientist long suspected by the West of masterminding a secret nuclear bomb programme was killed in an ambush near Tehran on Friday that could provoke confrontation between Iran and its foes in the last weeks of Donald Trump’s presidency.
The death of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, who Iranian media said died in hospital after armed assassins gunned him down in his car, will also complicate any effort b...#Watch - Aurora australis lights up Australian sky | #Timelapse footage captured the aurora in Tasmania on Nov. 23. (abc)
#Aurora #Australia #Tasmania #Video #Travel #LifestyleN. Korea tries to hack S. Korean vaccine-makers | South Korean intelligence agencies have foiled North Korean attempts to hack into South Korean companies developing coronavirus vaccines, lawmakers said on Friday.
#Seoul #SouthKorea #NorthKorea #Coronavirus #covid19 #pandemic #Pyongyang #AsiaPacific #UnitedStates #Government #Politics #ForeignPolicy #NationalSecurity #MilitaryConflicts #NIS #DiplomacyThai protesters target would-be coup makers as rumours swirl | BANGKOK - Thai anti-government protesters called for an end to coups in the Southeast Asian country on Friday as months of street protests fuel rumours of another military takeover.
The protesters demand the resignation of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, a former junta leader who seized power in the last coup in 2014, but say they do not want him replaced by another general.
A protester carries a torch during protests against mil...Scotland's Sturgeon puts UK on independence warning: We want a referendum soon | LONDON - Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon said an independence referendum that could wrench apart the United Kingdom after Brexit should take place in the earlier part of the devolved parliament's next term, which begins next year.
If there was another referendum and if Scots voted out, it would mark the biggest shock to the United Kingdom since Irish independence a century ago - just as London grapples with the imp...The Latest - S. Korea agency says N. Korea executed people, shut Pyongyang to prevent COVID-19 | SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered at least two people executed, banned fishing at sea and locked down the capital, Pyongyang, as part of frantic efforts to guard against the coronavirus and its economic damage, South Korea’s spy agency told lawmakers Friday.
Kim’s government also ordered diplomats overseas to refrain from any acts that could provoke the United States b...#PODCAST - 'Fresh Air' - #Listen - Sonny Rollins Plays His Heart Out In A Newly Discovered Live Recording | Recorded over the course of three days in 1967, during a period when the saxophonist was disillusioned with the record business, #Rollins in Holland presents a jazz master in an ideal setting.
#Music #Entertainment #LiveRecording #JazzProtesting Farmers Allowed To Enter Delhi, Police To Escort Them | Delhi police has allowed the protesting farmers to enter daily after hours of lathi-charge and tear gas at the Haryana-Delhi border.
Clashes erupted as farmers blocked from entering Delhi to protest over new law. Thousands of Indian farmers scuffled with police on Friday as they tried to march to the capital, Delhi, in protest against new laws liberalising procurement that they say will leave them vulnerable to big companies.
...India's economy shrinks 7.5% in July-Sept quarter | NEW DELHI - Indian economy contracted 7.5% in the quarter to September, government data showed on Friday, showing some signs of a pick-up after the easing of pandemic restrictions that triggered a record contraction of 23.9% year-on-year in the previous quarter.
The read-out for the September quarter was better than the 8.8% contraction forecast of analysts in a Reuters poll.
India's Apr-Oct fiscal deficit tops 126% of full year target. India...#Watch - Tower Collapsed in 10 Seconds in the UAE | The United Arab Emirates demolished the Abu Dhabi Mina Plaza towers, Friday, November 27, in a 10 second controlled explosion.
The Mina Plaza towers were demolished to clear the way for the redevelopment of the port area.
Footage of the explosion was taken by Modon Properties, who collapsed the towers inward using “stable non-primary explosives.”
#Video #MinaPlaza #Demolished #Explosion #UAEPentagon orders Nimitz back to Persian Gulf during troop drawdown in Iraq, Afghanistan | The USS Nimitz and its strike group were ordered back to the Persian Gulf region to provide "defensive capabilities" during a drawdown of troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Navy and Pentagon said Friday.
President Donald Trump's withdrawal of troops in the two countries spurred the Pentagon to send the Bremerton, Washington-based aircraft carrier and its flotilla of ships back to the gulf, where it had be...Watch - Ducks bob on pro-democracy crowd in new Thailand rally.'Fists and Pig Guts' fly in Taiwan parliament as debate turns ugly on U.S. pork | TAIPEI - Legislators from Taiwan's main opposition Kuomintang (KMT) party threw pig guts and exchanged punches with other lawmakers in parliament on Friday as they tried to stop the premier taking questions, in a bitter dispute over easing U.S. pork imports.
President Tsai Ing-wen announced in August that the government would, from Jan. 1, allow imports of U.S. pork containing ractopamine, an additive that enhance...Fire in Indian hospital kills 5 coronavirus patients | NEW DELHI — A fire broke out early Friday in a privately-run hospital treating coronavirus patients in western India, killing at least five of them and injuring 28 others.
Police officer K.N. Bhukan said fire engines restricted the blaze to one floor of the hospital and extinguished it within 30 minutes.
The cause of the fire is being investigated.
The Press Trust of India news agency said the fire started in the intensive care unit of Ud...#PODCAST - NPR - 'Up First' - #Listen President Trump has pardoned Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty to lying about a Russian contact. Hospitals are still short on PPE, months into the pandemic. Also, a sports journalist remembers Diego Maradona.
#US #Government #Politics #Trump #Flyn #Russia #MaradonaRome, Italy | Starlings fly over the synagogue; kinetic artists or urban pests roosting at night.
#photooftheday #photo #Rome #ItalyProtests over security law as France reels from police violence | Dozens of rallies are planned Saturday against a new French law that would restrict sharing images of police, only days after the country was shaken by footage showing officers beating and racially abusing a black man.
The case shocked France with celebrities and politicians alike condemning the officers' actions, and has brought debate over President Emmanuel Macron's law to boiling point.
Les images que nous avons tous vues de...Watch - Trump says he'll give up power if electors back Biden, Emotions high at Maradona farewell and Brexit talks resume 1 month before deadline [Quicktake]Stirling, Scotland | Jasmine Muir (Left) and her sister Lottie explore the Christmas tree maze at the Blair Drummond Smiddy Farm Shop near Stirling, Scotland, UK, ahead of the opening of their Christmas festivities this weekend.
#photooftheday #photo #Stirling #Scotland
